Why don't Cantonese like spicy food?

The climate in Guangdong Province is very hot, and the soil and water are generally hot. Foreigners get angry easily when they first arrive. The external manifestations are sore throat, oral ulcer and acne on the face. Although the local Cantonese are used to this climate, they can't eat Chili, otherwise not only their stomachs can't stand it, but also their bodies won't feel uncomfortable. Therefore, Cantonese people seldom eat peppers, and prefer to drink herbal tea to remove fire, which is also a reason why Guangdong herbal tea is very popular.

Secondly, eating habits.

Guangdong is the birthplace of Cantonese cuisine, and its practices and tastes are relatively light. It pays more attention to tasting fresh fragrance and likes to eat the fresh fragrance of raw materials. Especially seafood, the classic way is to boil it, and eat the sweet and delicious food itself. If you put heavy salt and spicy food at this time, the taste is delicious, but these heavy flavors mask the umami taste of the ingredients themselves. This is determined by long-term eating habits, but it is actually a good habit.

Simply put, it is mainly because the local climate in Guangdong is hot, and eating spicy food is easy to get angry. Coupled with the light taste of Cantonese cuisine, the pursuit of fresh fragrance, so rarely eat Chili. Even before the arrival of the typhoon, all the ingredients in the supermarket were sold out, leaving only a pile of peppers there.